{"items": [{"author": "Lisa", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860812348032", "anchor": "fb-860812348032", "service": "fb", "text": "I've seen \"so-and-so turned off commenting on this post\" in groups on FB. Is that something new?", "timestamp": "1491626254"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860812348032&reply_comment_id=860812477772", "anchor": "fb-860812348032_860812477772", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Sorry, I'm proposing \"the blocked person can't interact with your stuff\" not \"no one can interact with your stuff\". I've reworded my summary above to try to clarify this.", "timestamp": "1491626374"}, {"author": "Lisa", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860812348032&reply_comment_id=860812886952", "anchor": "fb-860812348032_860812886952", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Ah, okay.", "timestamp": "1491626471"}, {"author": "Ryan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860816789132", "anchor": "fb-860816789132", "service": "fb", "text": "This definitely already exists. It's just a matter of your privacy settings. There are people I \"follow\" but am not friends with. I can see their public posts but not comment.", "timestamp": "1491627127"}, {"author": "Bruno", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860816789132&reply_comment_id=860833635372", "anchor": "fb-860816789132_860833635372", "service": "fb", "text": "→ If I make a public post, I cannot prevent someone from commenting on it unless I also prevent them from seeing the post and anything else I post and all of my Facebook existence and also I restrict myself from all interaction with them.", "timestamp": "1491633164"}, {"author": "Ryan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860816789132&reply_comment_id=860857273002", "anchor": "fb-860816789132_860857273002", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Well I'm not sure how it's done, but it's definitely possible as I know of at least 3 people that have done it.", "timestamp": "1491637599"}, {"author": "Anna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860816789132&reply_comment_id=860993874252", "anchor": "fb-860816789132_860993874252", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Now that I think of it, I have seen this too. The person I've seen this from is also known for blocking people, so I wonder why they find this functionality (plus unfollowing people) insufficient. Here's the relevant settings page:", "timestamp": "1491668276"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860816789132&reply_comment_id=861114462592", "anchor": "fb-860816789132_861114462592", "service": "fb", "text": "→ @Anna: Many people (including me) are happy for people they're not friends with to comment on their posts, but still want to be able to restrict specific people who they feel are making things worse (or otherwise don't want to interact with)", "timestamp": "1491673617"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860816789132&reply_comment_id=861114512492", "anchor": "fb-860816789132_861114512492", "service": "fb", "text": "→ (So setting \"public post comments\" to \"friends\" and then unfriending the person doesn't work.)", "timestamp": "1491673650"}, {"author": "Lisa", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860816789132&reply_comment_id=861135660112", "anchor": "fb-860816789132_861135660112", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff Kaufman, the image above does seem like it would work (if you un-friend those who you don't want to comment).", "timestamp": "1491678970"}, {"author": "Lisa", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860816789132&reply_comment_id=861139562292", "anchor": "fb-860816789132_861139562292", "service": "fb", "text": "→ (But then no one who wasn't a friend could comment either).", "timestamp": "1491679810"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860816789132&reply_comment_id=861140295822", "anchor": "fb-860816789132_861140295822", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Yes, I want non-friends to be able to comment", "timestamp": "1491680047"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860822477732", "anchor": "fb-860822477732", "service": "fb", "text": "I have one person on my \"restricted\" list, so she only sees my public posts. I have also unfollowed her, so I can see her stuff anytime I want, it just doesn't show up in my newsfeed.", "timestamp": "1491628540"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860822477732&reply_comment_id=860910426482", "anchor": "fb-860822477732_860910426482", "service": "fb", "text": "→ The problem is I generally want my posts to be public", "timestamp": "1491654054"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860822477732&reply_comment_id=861055889972", "anchor": "fb-860822477732_861055889972", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Actually I don't remember the exact restrictions for the restricted list. Maybe it'll restrict public posts as well -- I just know she still can see my profile and cover pic as a non-friend would.", "timestamp": "1491670013"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860822477732&reply_comment_id=861122880722", "anchor": "fb-860822477732_861122880722", "service": "fb", "text": "→ People on the restricted list can still see and comment on your public posts", "timestamp": "1491675178"}, {"author": "Jan-Willem", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/100580955183019057735", "anchor": "gp-1491655492129", "service": "gp", "text": "It occurs to me to wonder if this is exacerbating the \"filter bubble\" effect \u2013 people end up effectively \ncut off\n from seeing opinions that disagree with their own.", "timestamp": 1491655492}, {"author": "David Chudzicki", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860916863582", "anchor": "fb-860916863582", "service": "fb", "text": "I think it might be useful to avoid describing case (1) generically with words like \"obnoxious\" and \"unpleasant\". Maybe blocking could be less emotionally charged if we think of it as \"X didn't want to see what Y was writing (for whatever reason)\" rather than \"X thinks Y is obnoxious\".
Or maybe not, I dunno.", "timestamp": "1491656894"}, {"author": "Lisa", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860916863582&reply_comment_id=860936823582", "anchor": "fb-860916863582_860936823582", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I doubt anyone who has been blocked will ever see it dispationatly. It may be necessary and warranted, but in my opinion should be reserved for trolls, creepers, homophobes and the like. That said, everyone uses it as they see fit.", "timestamp": "1491663780"}, {"author": "David Chudzicki", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=860916863582&reply_comment_id=861052876012", "anchor": "fb-860916863582_861052876012", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I dunno, maybe you're right. I'm just thinking that if person X blocks person Y (where Y my friend, not unpleasant or obnoxious according to me), then I'll probably update negatively about X regardless... But maybe I bit less so if we're not assuming those are the only reasons to block someone.", "timestamp": "1491669101"}, {"author": "Kelly", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861054323112", "anchor": "fb-861054323112", "service": "fb", "text": "i also want this feature. perhaps even the ability to shadow ban. i have relatives who barely understand how to use a computer commenting irrelevant things on my posts and i would like them to be able to see my things but not interfere.", "timestamp": "1491669471"}, {"author": "Anna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861135949532", "anchor": "fb-861135949532", "service": "fb", "text": "I have replied to comment threads that are going in unhelpful directions saying that I will delete further comments on that thread. Requires moderation effort from me, though. I wouldn't feel bad about deleting all of a specific person's comments either. Facebook is a for-profit enterprise and is an unnatural social space and in my opinion no one need feel shy about blocking for any reason either. It's unnatural for other people to have such invasive access to our attention anyway.", "timestamp": "1491679076"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861181613022", "anchor": "fb-861181613022", "service": "fb", "text": "I think this exists for pages, at least. There's a photography page whose posts I can't like or comment on anymore after the person who ran it didn't like a comment I made (I don't understand why he took that measure, though).", "timestamp": "1491686164"}, {"author": "Rob", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861277485892", "anchor": "fb-861277485892", "service": "fb", "text": "This would be useful.", "timestamp": "1491698380"}, {"author": "Robert", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861277485892&reply_comment_id=861625383702", "anchor": "fb-861277485892_861625383702", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Since you only allow comments from friends, couldn't you achieve something similar by unfriending people who leave obnoxious comments?", "timestamp": "1491758107"}, {"author": "Rob", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861277485892&reply_comment_id=870045449822", "anchor": "fb-861277485892_870045449822", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Not sure if I'm being put in an A/B test but non-friends can comment on my posts.", "timestamp": "1493967275"}, {"author": "Aaron", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861277485892&reply_comment_id=870047580552", "anchor": "fb-861277485892_870047580552", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Robert, before you accepted my friend request a bit more than a month ago, I was not able to comment on your posts.", "timestamp": "1493968968"}, {"author": "Robert", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861277485892&reply_comment_id=870051876942", "anchor": "fb-861277485892_870051876942", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Robert, I'm not sure what you mean by \"A/B test\", but we became Facebook friends after I complained I couldn't comment on your posts.", "timestamp": "1493971600"}, {"author": "Jarrah", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861363718082", "anchor": "fb-861363718082", "service": "fb", "text": "Not that I think it's a bad idea, but I suspect a strong reason the way it currently works as it does (that is, a block is a full block) it because it's hard for the blocked person to figure out that they're blocked and therefore Facebook avoids having people's feelings hurt. A block-lite would be a bit of a giveaway and cause people to have a less positive experience on Facebook.", "timestamp": "1491722702"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861363718082&reply_comment_id=861527574712", "anchor": "fb-861363718082_861527574712", "service": "fb", "text": "→ People who have been blocked do seem to figure it out eventually? Like, they realize a conversation is missing a participants messages or they try to tag the person who blocked them or something. I'm not sure it's much better from a feelings perspective.", "timestamp": "1491738849"}, {"author": "Linchuan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861662424472", "anchor": "fb-861662424472", "service": "fb", "text": "Individuals have the option to hide things from their feed. Posters should have the option to hide their posts in other people's feeds. That way, people you would rather not interact with you but don't want to block wouldn't notice the block, but also will not interact with you unless they're deliberately seeking it.", "timestamp": "1491765776"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861662424472&reply_comment_id=861674330612", "anchor": "fb-861662424472_861674330612", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I think this might be the same thing I was proposing in my parenthetical at the end?", "timestamp": "1491768499"}, {"author": "Linchuan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861662424472&reply_comment_id=861674520232", "anchor": "fb-861662424472_861674520232", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Oh. I didn't see your link and thought this was just an fb status!", "timestamp": "1491768566"}, {"author": "Linchuan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861662424472&reply_comment_id=861675143982", "anchor": "fb-861662424472_861675143982", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Yes, that's exactly the type of functionality I want.", "timestamp": "1491768747"}, {"author": "Linchuan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861662424472&reply_comment_id=861675298672", "anchor": "fb-861662424472_861675298672", "service": "fb", "text": "→ None of my family are on Facebook (thankfully), but if they were, this would practically be mandatory for me.", "timestamp": "1491768794"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/860811854022?comment_id=861835402822", "anchor": "fb-861835402822", "service": "fb", "text": "Nice idea but it doesn't really make sense from facebook's perspective. Facebook is already struggling to educate users on the limited blocking/privacy options they already have and complications or misunderstandings there no doubt decrease user engagement/ad revenue.
Another problem with such an option (you can see but not reply) is that the blocked party observes the block and finds it frustrating. They may very well (in person or via intermediaries) demand to know why they have been blocked. When they are able to see threads but not reply they may well reply below (i.e. out of threat but on same post). Overall this is probably worth it from a societal perspective (more active social policing and pressure to be nice) BUT IT MAKES FACEBOOK LESS PLEASANT (both for blockees and those who deal with any resulting complaints).
In short while some users might like the option it seems like a lot of work for a net loss to facebook.", "timestamp": "1491801953"}]}